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rr cod not do lest' than call the attention of tilt! o,,arci an object of the greatest importance, rid w iuiked upon as a riecs. , ry ptelaut nary e salywitin of the country ; he meant the POLITICAL LIBERTY OF THE PRESS. I 1 was trout wishing that•they shou.n immediately pinceed.to determine on a pu;.nt of such lin,li interest and material to' quetice; but that, 11 ,hould inert ti,e apint,bation of the Assembly, nit hi appoint a Cori i ittee, which, 'Acing into consideration all that has already he-n written on this important sohject, ought examine ituct in vestigate the qtre.ation, and submit to the Cortes the result of their labours and their refiedions, and paint out the manner in which it might appear to them that the Political Liberty of the Press may be fixed. ZORRAQUIN and PEREZ DE CASTRO supported the motion . ot Arguelles. A Clerical - D:puty manifested some opposition. TOR HERO . , anthher eceesi:rstic, ascended the Di bane, and in a very an4nated manner pointed out the evils which had already. been experienced from the want of the Liberty of the Press, and the bene fits which would result to us from political free dom; He said that it was necessary the Cortes slioukl proceed in the opposite course from that which the Central Junta had taken, sub,titoting, for the crintinal silence"and mysteriouS conduct of that Government, tiw publicity of their sittings, and the liberty of writing upon political subjects. The pro hibnion'ot that ti%:edom had discredi:el the Central Junta froth . the first moment of its institution. The ...7PuWic, he ohserVed, had a right, and it was even their duty to intere,t themselves in the condua of their ReptesYntarives, and to warn them of the er rors which ttey might notice in their proceedings, and Which warning could only be given through the • tiiechu , !t of the Presk It was always necessary to oAisult - Public ()pinion, WHOSE ECHO WAS THE want of the Liberty of the Press was, at. the. preseht ti,onieut, an imped•ment to the la • bour, of ,heComMit.ee Which ;IL! Cortes had ap - o,inted e to•L•otbider certain quesions reLtße to the a' gn.o du ies 01 the Exs'cutive Fewer. 41tuost all the MernherS voted for the motion, a"d a COLIMA tee was appoipted, composed of tight Aiembers, among whom were ArguLdes, Perez de C—ou, Hermida. The sitting concluded at half past eight in the evening,. and the Cur es adjourned tor the tullowing tailor ink i t ter. oclock- e ;\ lI.S. AoR LA—t Cadiz, I Brazus, I Lisbon, I I wica, t Now Ytttit, L Uublin, t colon'. lltio 1 Vvotettutd. • I' It I L bi; wrocl:s T /Ili D•Y A • t T watt' O'CLOCK. .'Consols - • - 66 I Omni um - - - - Sit IliIL SUN. SoLaD4 QUIS DICIRL FALiUM AUDLAT ? L IY . 1) 0 Pi, AIONDAY, QC,TOBER 22, 1810. The more we consider the intelligence which we cornitunicated 'to our 'Readers on Saturday, from Portug il, the more we are inclined to indulge in sanguine hopes that the campaign will terminate Most brilliantly for t!.e Allied Army. The situation f MAssENA is doubtless most critical. He is in the heart of an enemy's country ; he has a gallant Army, commanded by a most able General, strongly en trenched ,in his front ; the rains which have com menced have already injured the roads, so that he can vt ith the utmost difficulty move his 'artillery ; he must necessarily be straitened for provision, be cause the country through which he has passed has been laid waste ; and the formidable force of Por tuguese Militia in' his rear renders it difficult, if not impossible, fur him to receive any supplies. Such are the circumstances of MASiEt:A'S situation, which appear calculated to inspire the strongest hopes of tal timatt= success; but at the same .tinie we .do not think it right to be too confident, or to excite extra vagant exeeaations. That MASSENAis an officer of great experience and skill there can be no doubt ; and if he advanced ilito - his present position in obe dience to the didates of ills oWn judgment, it is ob vious that he s must. have . doa c it with the hope of success. He must have known the difficulties he hadto 'encounter, and the battle of Busaco had en abled him to form a very accurate judgment of the sort of troops of which the Allied Army - was com posed ; his crossing the Mondego and following Lord NV.I..INGTON towards Torres Vedras, is a proof that he expeded to be able to . triumph over every difficulty. it the result of ibis movement should be, as we have very little doubt that it will, the defeat Of the French Army, it will afford an incontestible proof of the superior generalship of the British Com mander, who has, by a series of the most masterly movements, placed the French General in this dilemma, that he must either attack the Allied Army in the strongest position in Portugal, or retreat uoder the most disadvantageous circumstances:— If MASSENA attempts to retreat either by Castel Branco or by the route by which he advanCed, : he Neill, as SOULT did when he tied before Lord WEL LINGTON out of Portugal into Gallicia, lose a very 'considerable portion of his army, and all his artillery. \Ve are therefore inclined to think that he will . make the attack upon our lines, even at the risque of little less than total destru&Aion; if he should fail. In another week we shall probably know the result of this most awful confiia. e account of the elliture of Clirribra; and 5000 Freilch prisoners, by Cul. TRANI', has not been received uiicially, but there is no doubt whatever of -the fad. Spanish papers of a late dare arrived yesterday, but they contain nothing of an extraordinary nature. The spirit of the country, however, seemed to be fiery aCtiv e, and excites strong ho; es of eventual success. The Gazette of the Regency contains a long decree, d:ted Alicant, trztli of Sepieinber, from the Bishop of Calabel ia, a refugee from his diocese to ,that place, anaihernatizing the üburping Bishop ap pointed by JosEPH, and excommunicating all who may recognize tiffs pretended auvhority. An article dated Atienza, August 31, gives an ac count of . a spirited aelion by the !roops under the Spanish General MATTIN, aginst a body of 400 French, with 60 cavalry, who had vi,ited Caracena, fur the purpose of levying -contrihutions, Eut they Here driven away with loss on their part. All the accounts that have been received Irons Madrid state, that the affairs of the French seem to be in a very unprosperous situation. The Regency Gazette, of the 29th September, contains the following INTERCEPTED LETTER PROM JoSEPH BUONAPARTE TO 1119 %Virg. " MY DEAR FRIEND, Madrid, Aug. 113, 18 to. " I have received none of your letters to-day, my health is good, my situation always deplorable. I embrace you and my children." (Signed) "LE Rot." " To her Maj.?sty the Queen .f Spain, at Paris." • We have great satistaation in-laving it in our power to state, that the Lords ot the Ajmiralty have thought it fur the good ot his Majesty's service, to primuote all the Commanders, to the end of 1802, inchisive, who are employed in actual service afloat to be Post-Captains; and twenty of the senior .Lieutenants of the fleet, who are actually First Lieutenants of effective ships of the line, or have- particu:arly distinguished themselves in • the command of small vessels, to be Commanders. The Commissions to have date the 21st inst. ; and it will be obserket, • we are confient, with general satisfaaion, both by the pubie• and our own Naval Service, that this promotion has marked the Anniversary of the glorious and ever memo:able victory of Trafalgar. We shall give a List of the names to-morrow. We this day received Jamaica Papers to the 18th ult, but they contain nothing important or interest ing. This morning we received American Papers to the th ult. They contain no news. The Democratic or French party there-have begun to abuse Mr. Mo- RIER, the .British Minister, with as much vehe mence and scurrility as they did Mr. JACKSON. Since writing the above, we have received the fol lowing Letter from Baltimore : BALTimotte, SEPT. 14.—1 t having been ascer tained that among the seamen on board the Bri tish brig Netley, now lying in our river, there 1 wa3 a native of Maryland involuntarily ' de tained, the people of Fell's Peint prepared themselves to release him. All things being in readi ness, two gentlemen waited upon Lieut. JACKSON last evening, and,demanded the man. The Lieutenant made some hesitation as to complying with the requi sition, . but was given to understand that only one hour was allowed him to deliberate. The sailor was sent on shore within the limited time, ;,,id the brig has since moved farther down rhe river."— Baltimore Evening Post. We're credibly inforMed, that the seanian, af tempted to be rescued from the Ne!ley, was obtained from a French prison in the West Indies by exchange fur a Frenchman, and (bailor this purpose he had claimed the rights of a subject of Great Britain, ami • voluntarily entered her service afte - r his release. " After his:discharge, repeated attest s wet e made by the democrats to induce him to give,a false state ment of the conduct at sea of the Corntnauder of the Atetley towards an American Captain, of a nature to instigate the mob to attack .her. The 'sailor . , how ever, via.; content IA ith his-liberty, and refused to be suborned."—katimore Fed. Rep. The Messenger in attendance arrived at the Se cretary or State's Office at 1111 f past one, and reports that the Princess AMELIA had some broken rest in the night,-and continues much the same as yester day. The Princess MARY, ever since her sister has been . declared to be in such a dangerous state,. has never left her; and sends every morning a written account of the state of her affliated sister. - Her Royal High ness Princess MARY is slightly indisposed, in con sequence of her close confinement and anxiety of mind : her looks prove her indisposition. The QUEEN visits the Princess two or three times a. day; her first % isit is generally about twelve o'clock. The KING goes to Augusta Lodge. regularly at three o'clock. . PO??TVGUESE PAPERS. LIknON, OCT. 10.—We now look forward ith Much anxiety, but not with alarm, to a' great and decisive battle taking place. The enemy has ad vanced as far as Sautadem. Our army OCCl.lpies the strong lines of Mafia, where Lord WELLINGTON will receive the French. We are convinced, that if MASSENa makes the attack, he will add another wreath to Lord WELLINGTON'S honour, and crown the British troops with immortal glory be only fear i, that ha will not dare to make it. Although confident of success, yet prudence has caused our Commanders to adopt every poisible precaution to facilitate the embarkation of the troops, should cir cumstances render such a measure expedient. Prisoners and deserters daily arrive here in great numbers. Upwards of 40,000 persons came in here before the army, driven from their homes by the French, who burn, murder, and violate. De vastation marks progres: ; burning villages ( the inhabitants of . ,whom are happy to escape with life) point out their track !: It is impossible to form any idea of the scenes now a&ed in this country—they must be seem to be credited. Our army is most orderly. The conduct of the British troops is most exemplary—not a single man of them ever touches an article ; their behaviour is the admiration and wonder of the Pottoguese nat ion. ,• LisßoN, OCT. 13.—Nothing particular has oc. cuffed since my last ; we are still in suspense. RomANA has Come down through the Alentejo to . . . the opposite side of the Tagus, with about 10,000 Spaniards. His troops are 'at this moment embark . -._ ing to -come over. It is said - I\loaTretr has joined MASSENA with abort the same nunther of troopS. Our troops are in., the Mafra lines, the enemy al along our front ; continual rcncontres of.parties, bin" nothing great. It will - be the battle of 'giants.. Generals TBANT and% SILVEIRA with 12 or 15,006, Spaniards and Portuguese, are near Coimbra, in . MAssENA's rear ; it will be a miracle if he or his army escapes ; yet prudence dlreas that we should use every.pecaution to enable (us to get off, should .such a step become necessary, as such anadair must be in the hands . of Providence. We are thoroughly convinced here of the allied-army being able to maintain their positions. The Monks of Alcohaco opened their stores to all who chose to take any Thing, and sent S 5 pipes of v. ine to our army, the: rest they consum&l, among which was 9000 bushels of wheat, to pre vent the enemy from seizing it. • • Nine hundred,prisoners came in to-day, taken in various places. ' The French general . 'Suitor( goes to England In the Apollo frigate. -Lisao.N, OCT. 12.—His Excellency the. Marquis ROMANA has airived ist our territory. His march is intended to combine operations , with our General in Chief, and not from any other cause, as some, from not knowing the truth, may have as serted.— Every thing shews that the march of the Allied Army, in the west of the Peninsula, is the result of an accurately calculated and profound plan. The proximity of the two armies brings to Lis bon a great number of persons, fugitives and others, allot whom pretend to circulate news, for, the most part absurd reports, :or at any rate very inaccurate, from want of dates, and for matty other reasons.— , The public ought not to credit them, but to remain assured that any,important event that .may occur , will immediately be announced in this Gazette by order of Government. OCT. 9.—Though yesterday was a tempestuous day, it did hot preveht the disembarkation of a number of English troops, and the march of some large corps of them ; as also of two newly formed battalions.of.. Portuguese troops, who though' they left thecityin the midst of a violent rain, manifested the greatest cheerfulness and satisfaetion, and marched .with tha utmost alacrity to join, the grand army, or take 'such positions as alight be allotted to them. Such is the hatred of the enemy, and -such the desire- of defeating their .pride, that the greatest fatigues and privations are 'rendered almost pleasing by the consideration, that there is little doubt but they will produce the total destruction of the enemy, and the .complete deliverance of our injured and oppressed country. bur Government has taken the requisite measures to give assistance to those unfortunate families who, to avoid the ferocity of the enemy, have been obliged to abandon their property and their country, and take refuge in this capita). A private letter from Cadiz says, that Admiral KEATS . was continually destroyilig • the new batte- , ries, as soon as the enemy erected any, by shot, shells, and CON° ItliVE'S rockets. £t canal for the safe conveyance of water s and of provisions from Barbary, was nearly - completed, the boats employtd for this purpose having been repeatedly destroyed by the enemy's batteries. The letter says nothing of any. epidemic distemper. NAVAL NEWS. Fran the LONDON C/IZEITE, 017: V), IVO* Oft, „ f Copy of a Letter front Lieutenant George lienthanit t he Niajest} , 'S ship Ro , hoLk, acting in the Command of Briseis addiessct to Rear-Adathal Lord Cory inatiOrr iu Chief at Yarmouth, :tott canstuitt`' his Lordship to V. Cruises, I.sq, uth His Majesty's Sloop .11r:5eis, MY LORD, Roads, October, s I I °' big I have the satisfaaion to state to you, 111°E ,,, ce under stoop ,yoi,rdi,cl me. the honour. to 1 ) `,"(4 under my coniinand, fe'd iili _ an 0 101 ‘ ..schooner at noon on the 14th instaift, W. by S. of Horn heel, aud,aft,cr at 3 auxin chase of eight bou t s, we succ;eded in t iter to action, which she maintained' with of de tc l : e , mined desperation for an ho t ir, i t 45 time the vessels touchingt. indeed ;:rz:l - Ivere l r a ,on both sides speaks fo r, i'o l 11„ _ the enenry.b2fOr e t e., surrendered, having •eiglut men -killed,. teen wounded,' and,'lglatnerrtiory;"touiii4enitd 'been killed, and eleven badly wounded, vs: the Briseis. • • to It is the pleasantest Part or my "duty, t o :stag . a , your Lordship, that the . wiiale of t fi tiOtficem -3 1 0 sloop's con?pany. behii,ed . a , manner, met it my vk armest approbation.' "- The prize which has arrived in ilkese Roads. • me, proves to be the French priVateer'sclono r of. ten twelve-pounders- aitti‘ur - 6 3 ' 0; P utl i e : ders, commanded by Jules Jacobs t with Et coul ‘l P tent of fifty-five men ; slit; . sal.d from Arnst er " 3 two days previous, to mx , f . ..1 . 1,ing in will) her, jo company with anoth er ves se l of the same clag s, . s g the purpose of cruizi ng o n t h e Dogger Bunk 0 0 11 our trade. Inclosed herewith, .f ur y our L or d s hip' s war Gun, is a list of the killed and wounded. • •.. I;have the honour to be, &C. ' (Signed) G. BEN-Tarc at A Right Hon. Lord Gardner, Rear-Admiral • Cutiulia"d'a.‘ of the White, &e • • ; s' l A List of Men killed and wounded on board his ii ,3 ) ( Sloop lirtsejs,-.in Action with the Sans Souci Frcoc il vateer, 14th 'o6t. 1810. • Killed.. Alexander Gurin, MaSteri Mate. !antes Davidson, Clerk. I,lln Lake, Able Scartian. Robertß yers,Captainlat the T 9. . . ' Wounded. , .. Thomas Cox, Quarter _Master's Mate, severely. Isaac h loud, Yeoman of the Powder Rooin, ditto. -. i lohn Manias, Ordidary Seaman, ditto. Edward kVtlson, .Qua: ter G !inner, ditto. %Villiain Burgess, Carpentr, slightly. I lines Glass, A rinourer, ditto. • Thomas Dilling, Ordinary *Seaman, ditto. ' N Pedro Antonio, Ordinary Seaman, ditto. . . lob Steward, Serjeant of Marines, severely. lohn garret, Private Marine, ditto. Wm. Presonal), Private Marine, slightly. . • ' • (Signed) 0 . 'AM' re . A cti;:g CiAninal' ae ' Admiralty-Office, Oct. 20, 1810. • - t 1 Copy of a Letter from Captain M a lc o l m , of hiF. Wi cs ' l j its Ship . Ithin, addressed to Admiral Lord G a m'oiert sq , transmitted Py his Lordship to J o hn Wil son Crater, % r ,, His Majesty's Ship Rhitz,et. MY LORD, Ott. 9, rSta- I have the honour to inform your Lordshio l l,' , I this morning in lat. 49. 10. N. long, 8. 3 ' de captured the French brig privateer La Couiteoeo Nlotatalivet, of St. Makes, atter a chase of, hours and a half, when she carri e d awa y her Ll3°l,t' top-mast; pierced for sixteen guns, but o nly n' ::).100 ing fourteen, and fifty-seven -me n , only f t ? r , v ,,tte board, seventeen being in two priz e s, one ""5171 gue , e ship, and the other an American brig.- a pe( is quite tes‘v, this being her first cruise, and Gor bottomed. I have the honour to be, &c. 10 • CHARLES MALCO- To the Right Lon. Lord Gambier, 'Admiral of the Blue, &c. &c. Admiralty-Office, 06ober 20, t 810' of • Copy of a Letter from the Honourable Captain Croft°°,;sir . his Majesty's Sloop the Pawn ' addressed to Adillloo Roger Curtis; and transmitted by him to lob° Croker, Esq. His Majesty's Sloop Fawn, at October 11, aro. I Ib e I feel great satisfatlon in acquainting you ° cap.ure of La Temerair e F renc h schooner Pirgre teer, of Brest, pierced - tor t e n gu ns an d si/c. : swivels, with thirty-five men, by his Ma) lisce sloop under my comma n d, a ft er an an xions r e t , of six hours, during which s h e h ove h er got's ° s l4 board. She is'- a new v esse l, ou t t h ree daY s/ ' has made no capture, but was boarding a P4 l berg brig from Dover When we saw her. I have, &c. (Signed) G. A. CROFT" L Admiral Sir Roger Curtis, Bart. &c. Portsmouth. Admiral y-Offlce, Uct. 20, 1810. Of bls f Copy of a Letter from the Honourable Capt. Pag,-to o Majesty's Ship Revenge, addres'sel to Capt. ftlalc' the Donegal, aril transmitted to juhu ‘Vtlson Crog,e r ' by Admiral Sir Roger Curtis. 8 1 ' SIR, Revenge, off Cherbourg-, Oa. 1 7f, / I have great satisfaaion in 'acquainting Yo'' , ~foew the lugger which crossed u s t o w i n dward " e ",idt! daylight this morning, and 'Which' we ran . 0 1 ° 11 4 11 ot atter a chase of th re e h our s, proves •tO Cis' Vengeur, of t 6 guns and 7f3 men, f l orn Dieppe s terday, and had not tirade any capture. I have the honour to be, Bze• l% CHARLES' FAGP Capt. Pultney Malcolm, Donegal. that PLYMOUTH, OCT. 19.—ft is reported - jo t express was dispatched from he nce .t o Londo n night, with news of importance from Corurlo3' Passed up the Channel lastnight a sciloarle r _ i fr o ; Teneriffe, with a cargo o f wine bound to the following persons, were tak en out of he r ' i l l pilot boat, and landed here, viz. 'Capt. ,FT• of the /Neptune, of Falmouth; S. MOllEl°4'ool/ F. MortEtrtA, American gentlem e n. The N e P . O on her voyage from Lisb on with 3 carg o of l ea : 0 Of was flilrn in with and 'captured on the 3d ll** ' .